Friday, July 28, 2023

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT FRIDAY 7/28/2023 NEWSDUMP FRIDAY US MILITARY AID PACKAGE FOR TAIWAN, NO SECRET SERVICE PROTECTION FOR RFK JR., FRENCH PRESIDENT CALLS NIGER COUP 'ILLEGITIMATE, DANGEROUS'

 

                               (SERVICE WHEN ABLE UNTIL 11 PM EASTERN US TIME)



                                                    UPI NEWS SOUNDER



                    LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




Tonight word of a bank failure in the United States the Kansas Heartland Tri-State Bank failing.


The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation closing the bank's four branches which will open under the ownership of Dream First Bank...FREE REPUBLIC POST-CNN STORY-DISCUSSION





THE UNITED STATES ORDERING NON-EMERGENCY EMPLOYEES AND ALL FAMILY MEMBERS AT THE US EMBASSY IN HAITI TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY.


THE US ALSO URGING ALL US CITIZENS TO LEAVE HAITI AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.


CONTINUING GANG VIOLENCE AND KIDNAPPINGS IN THE COUNTRY AND FREQUENT CLASHES BETWEEN THE CRIMINAL GANGS AND POLICE...CNN





FOUR CREW MEMBERS MISSING FROM AN AUSTRALIAN ARMY HELICOPER THAT CRASHED DURING THE NIGHT OFF THE COAST OF QUEENSLAND.



THE CHOPPER DITCHED INTO THE WATER.



THE AUSTRALIAN MILITARY INVOLVED IN JOINT MANUEVERS WITH US MARINES IN THE AREA AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.


THE MANEUVERS SUSPENDED FOLLOWING THE MISAHP...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA




A US military aid package announced for Taiwan.    


345 million dollars worth of aid said to involve portable air defense systems (MANPADS) along with missiles, firearms, intelligence and surveillance capabilities...ASSOCIATED PRESS-PBS NEWSHOUR...



Responding the Chinese Embassy in Washington saying that the US threatens regional peace with the weapons and should adhere to the "One China Policy" first enunciated in 1978 by then US President Jimmy Carter that Taiwan is not a sovereign nation but is part of China...TASS RUSSIA




IN IRAQ FOUR PEOPLE KILLED IN A FIRE IN KARBALA,



HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PILGRIMS IN THE SHRINE CITY MARKING THE ISLAMIC COMMEMORATION DAY OF ASHURA.



A GAS BOTTLE AT A REFRESHMENT TENT CAUSING THE DEADLY FIRE...NEWS AGENCIES-TRT WORLD TURKEY



Russia says a US-coalition drone came dangerously close to a Russian warplane in Syria today...TASS RUSSIA




DEMOCRAT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. HAS NO SECRET SERVICE PROTECTION.



THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION COMING DOWN WITH THAT DECISION 88 DAYS AFTER A REQUEST FROM THE KENNEDY CAMPAIGN.


FOLLOWING HIS FATHER'S ASSASSINATION AS A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IN 1968 CANDIDATES HAVE BEEN GIVEN SECRET SERVICE PROTECTION...ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. TWITTER...FREE REPUBLIC POST-GATEWAY PUNDIT-DISCUSSION





  Joe Biden signing an executive order on sexual assault, domestic violence, child abuse, murder and other serious crimes in the military.   


Key decisions on those cases are to be moved outside the military chain of command...CNN



THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND REACHING AGREEMENT ON MORE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR CASH STRAPPED ARGENTINA.


7.5 BILLION DOLLARS TO BE DISBURSED NEXT MONTH AND ANOTHER 2.5 BILLION IN NOVEMBER.



ARGENTINA TAKING AUSTERITY MEASURES THIS WEEK BEFORE THE IMF DEAL WAS CUT INCLUDING A NEW TAX ON IMPORTED GOODS...(Todo Noticias Argentina)...




ISRAEL'S FOREIGN MINISTER CANCELLING A PLANNED TRIP TO BAHRAIN NEXT WEEK...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS



Israeli Agriculture Minister Avi Dichter saying that "bullies" on  both sides of Israel's political divide are promoting "extremist legislation" or "extremist and violent protest"...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS...


(Analysis) It is being suggested by the "Times Of Israel" that members of Prime Minister Netanyahu's Likud Party like Mr. Dichter will resist "hardline legislation".



ISRAEL TELLING THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE IT HAS NO AUTHORITY TO CONSIDER THE DISPUTE BETWEEN ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIANS.


ISRAEL RESPONDING TO THE ICJ'S PROBE OF THE MATTER SAYING ONLY TALKS BETWEEN THE PARTIES THEMSELVES CAN ADJUDICATE THEIR DIFFERENCES...TIMES OF ISRAEL



The markets today.



The Dow up 176.57 points.




The NASDAQ rose 266.55 or 1.9 percent in value.


At 503 pm New York time the price of oil is 80 dollars and 59 cents a barrel up 50 cents...MARKETWATCH




FRENCH PRESIDENT REACTS STRONGLY TO COUP IN NIGER, CALLING IT 'COMPLETELY ILLEGITIMATE'



GENERAL PROCLAIMS HIMSELF NEW LEADER

                                                      (UPDATED)



The UN Security Council calling for the immediate release of President Mohamed Bazoum and condemning the coup...TASS RUSSIA...




Speaking from Papua New Guinea where he is on an official visit French President Emmanuel Macron strongly denouncing the military coup this week in Niger.




Macron calling it 'completely illegitimate' and 'dangerous...for the entire region'...(Information from BFM-TV France)...



Meanwhile the French Foreign Minister saying that the coup in Niger is not final.


Catherine Colonna saying not all members of the military were involved in overthrowing President Mohamed Bazoum.



Colonna also saying "there is way out" if "those responsible listen to the international community".



Niger is a former French colony and France maintains a large military base there.


An official army statement has thrown support behind the coup and warned against foreign intervention.



Late today General Abdouramane Tchiani announcing that he is in charge in Niger...BBC NEWS...


(Analysis) The coup may be a sign of increasing Russian influence in the Sahel region of Africa evident in the nearby nations of Burkina Faso and Mali.'


It occurred as Russia was holding a Russia-Africa summit involving 17 African heads of state and top officials from other African nations...NEWS AGENCIES-DEUTSCHE WELLE GERMANY...



SPEAKING AT THE RUSSIA-AFRICA SUMMIT IN ST, PETERSBURG TODAY RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN SAID THAT AFRICA IS BECOMING A CENTER OF POWER.



PUTIN SAID THE RISING POWER OF AFRICA IS SOMETHING THAT 'EVERYBODY WILL HAVE TO RECKON WITH'...TASS RUSSIA




Top White House officials in Saudi Arabia to push agendas ranging from a Saudi-Israel deal to closer US-Saudi ties and a rollback of Saudi Arabia's relationship with China.



The delegation led by National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan.



In regards to Israel Saudi Arabia wanting concessions from Israel including a pledge not to annex Judea and Samaria (The West Bank) and preservation of the two-state solution that would create a Palestinian state alongside Israel...TIMES OF ISRAEL



VISITING CHINESE AND RUSSIAN OFFICIALS FLANKING NORTH KOREAN RULER KIM JONG-UN AS HE REVIEWED A MILITARY PARADE IN NORTH KOREA.


THE PARADE MARKING THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE KOREAN WAR ARMISTICE CALLED 'VICTORY DAY' BY NORTH KOREA.


NEW INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILES AND DRONES DISPLAYED...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY NORTH KOREA



AN ESTIMATE FROM THE US DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE SAYS THE UKRAINE WAR HAS MADE CHINA A MORE IMPORTANT ECONOMIC PARTNER OF RUSSIA...RADIO FREE ASIA



   THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA




UKRAINE SECURITY POLICE BUILDING HIT IN STRIKE




UKRAINIAN AIR DEFENSE MISSILE CAUSES CIVILIAN CASUALTIES IN RUSSIAN CITY




70 SHELLS FIRED AT SOUTHWESTERN RUSSIA




US ABRAMS TANKS EXPECTED IN UKRAINE IN SEPTEMBER




               TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED



     RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




Ukrainian authorities say Russia missiles hit a security police building and a residential complex in Dnipro (Dnieper)...REUTERS



There are civilian casualties and damage to buildings in Taganrog, Russia from a Ukrainian S-200 air defense missile.


Russia says air defenses intercepted the missile with its fragments causing the damage...TASS RUSSIA...later reporting is that Russian air defenses intercepted a second S-200 missile in the area...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




One person injured in Russia's Belgorod Region as some 70 shells were fired at that part of southwestern Russia...TASS RUSSIA




"Politico" reporting that US Abrams tanks are expected to arrive in Ukraine in September...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS






In other news...




Joe Biden recognizing a grandchild not acknowledged before.   Biden saying he wants "what is best" for 4-year-old grandaughter Navy Joan Roberts.



His son Hunter the child's father and Lunden Roberts the child's mother...HINDUSTAN TIMES INDIA




THE EMMY AWARDS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER CANCELLED.    THAT'S BECAUSE ACTORS AND WRITERS IN HOLLYWOOD ARE ON STRIKE...BBC NEWS



With banned from next year's Summer Olympics in Paris an announcement of an athletic event to be hosted in Russia next summer one month before the Olympics.



The BRICS Games from June 20 to 23 in the Russian city of Kazan.   Competition will be held in 25 different sports...TASS RUSSIA


















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